All MCA Insight articles in November 2014
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NewsWest Berkshire Brewery confirms new EIS launch
West Berkshire Brewery has confirmed it is to launch a new Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) fundraising drive to raise £4m to relocate to a bigger production site
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NewsFY turnover at Pho set to hit £14m
Pho, the highly-rated Vietnamese fast-casual concept led by Stephen and Juliette Wall, is on track to report turnover of £14m in its current financial year
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NewsBridgepoint in exclusive talks to acquire ASK & Zizzi
Bridgepoint is understood to be in exclusive talks to acquire ASK Italian and Zizzi from Gondola Group, in a deal believed to be valued at c£225m
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Home Office publishes its guidance on renewing personal licences
The Home Office has published its guidance outlining how publicans need to renew personal licences, but has not yet provided the new application form or set a date for when the deregulation of the licences will come into force.
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NewsAll Star Lanes posts FY loss due to defalcation
All Star Lanes reported a pre-tax loss of £1.84m in the year to 29 December 2013, a period in which it identified losses due to defalcation
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NewsThree PE firms left in the bidding for TGI
Charterhouse Capital Partners is one of three private equity groups left in the running to acquire the UK arm of TGI Friday’s
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Late Knights reveals site for its £3.8m pub/bakery hybrid
Late Knights Brewery has confirmed to M&C Report that it has secured £3.8m lottery funding for its innovative hybrid project in Catford.
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NewsBill’s to double up in Cardiff
Bill’s, Richard Caring-backed group, has secured its second site in Cardiff, in the city’s Mermaid Quay area
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Analyst corner: Sahill Shan on Marston’s
Sahill Shan of N + 1 Singer has reinforced his Buy recommendation for Marston’s.
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NewsPunch's Billingham gets new appointment
Punch Taverns executive chairman Stephen Billingham has appointed a non-executive director of Anglian Water Services.
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NewsStreet food focus: Smokestak
In the first of our monthly spotlights on the UK street food industry Jonathan Downey, partner in the nomadic night market Street Feast, tells us about the slow-smoked joys of Smokestak
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NewsRecovery begins for M&C20
In what was a fairly busy week for leisure company reports, the M&C20 was up 30 points to 1,217 outperforming the All Share Index which saw a 0.1% decline to 1,039 points, says Will Brumby of Langton Capital
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Nourish Restaurants eyeing Leeds for second site
Nourish Restaurants, the Sheffield-based healthy eating concept, is opening its second site in Leeds in the first quarter of next year, M&C Report understands
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Award-winning meatball concept plans UK-wide expansion
Yorkshire Meatball Co., the fledgling Harrogate-based meatball concept, is looking to expand across Yorkshire and the UK, M&C Report has learnt.
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Brindisa confirms Soho site
Brindisa Tapas Kitchens, the Spanish tapas restaurant, has confirmed it has secured a site in London’s Soho for its fifth London restaurant with landlord Shaftsbury Plc
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Government issues advice on karaoke and dancing
Pubs could be forced to limit the use or volume of microphones on open-mic nights and restrict access to dance floors, under new draft guidance from the Government on its changes to music licensing laws.
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NewsBistrot Pierre strengthens 2015 pipeline
Bistrot Pierre, the highly-rated French restaurant chain, has lined up three new openings for 2015 in Bath, Birmingham and Newport
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Crepeaffaire to launch "mini" format
Crepeaffaire, the all-day urban crepe shop concept, will open its first mini-Crepeaffaire at Kidzania at London’s Westfield as one of three UK openings planned for the next four to five months, M&C Report has learnt
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Marston’s signs £6m deal with Sainsbury’s for two new sites
Marston’s has agreed a deal with Sainsbury’s to buy two sites for new Two for One pub/restaurants in Staffordshire.